Intro_to_Tech_Integration_Fall2010

The Big Picture
- Social Media Revolution (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFZ0z5Fm-Ng )
- Thomas Friedman (The World is Flat)
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kTXwxwO8hY&feature=related)
- Daniel Pink (A Whole New Mind)
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykq6XSO0c0M&feature=fvw)- Larry Rosen (Teaching the iGeneration)(http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/feb11/vol68/num05/Teaching-the-iGeneration.aspx)

Connected Students
- Can you hear it?
http://www.freemosquitoringtones.org/
- Phones in the Classroom
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2010/08/two-approaches-to-cell-phones-in.html
- Discussion: Good idea or bad idea
- What's on the horizon to assist with making ubiquitous access a reality (Concept Phone)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oG3tLxEQEdg&feature=player_embedded

Guidelines and Standards
- Technology Applications Standards for All Beginning Teachers
www.tea.state.tx.us/WorkArea/DownloadAsset.aspx?id=2147484794
- State Standards for Technology Applications TEKS
http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/rules/tac/ch126toc.html
- Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act Regulations (FERPA)
http://www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/reg/ferpa/index.html
- Social Media Guidelines
http://rrisd-slr.wikispaces.com/InstTech-SocialMediaGuidelines

Some District Initiatives
- Interactive and Response Devices
- Technology Emersion Pilot
- Netbooks
- Open Office
- MoodleMeasuring Technology Integration
- Levels of Technology Innovation (LoTI)
http://loticonnection.com/lotilevels.html
- Marzano (Teaching with Interactive Whiteboards)
http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/nov09/vol67/num03/Teaching-with-Interactive-Whiteboards.aspx
Return on Investment (ROI) (How much will the students gain or lose in learning by using the technolgy vs not using the technology?)
Value of Investment (VOI) (How much will the students gain or lose in learning by using this technology vs using another technology?)
RRISD Online Technology Showcase (http://rrisdinsttech.edublogs.org/)
- Elementary Example(http://rrisdinsttech.edublogs.org/2010/06/24/blackland-prairie-students-use-animation-to-demonstrate-that-geometric-shapes-can-be-found-everywhere/)- Middle School Example
http://grisham.wikispaces.com/Weathering%2C+Erosion%2C+Deposition+Project
- High School Example
http://rrisdinsttech.edublogs.org/2009/04/05/factoring-quadratics-video-on-teacher-website/
Some State Initiatives
- Online Textbooks (http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/textbooks/announcements/index.html)
- Project Share (http://projectsharetexas.org/) - Texas STaRChart (http://starchart.esc12.net/docs/TxCSC.pdf)
Art
- Art Project, Powered by Google (http://www.googleartproject.com/)


Tools
- Photostory Lesson (ToothFairysFirstNight.wmv) - - - - - Step by Step Instructions: Digital Book Talk - PhotoStory Instructions.doc- - - - - Storyboard Example: ToothFairysFirstNight_Storyboard-with-pictures.pdf- - - - - Storyboard Blank Template: Storyboard_Template.doc- Mouse Mischief (http://www.microsoft.com/multipoint/mouse-mischief/)- Lego Robotics (First Lego League: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvnKBP6YMA4)
- GPS (http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=29131)
- WIKIs (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dnL00TdmLY)
- Blogs (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN2I1pWXjXI&ob=av3e) - - - - - (Example: http://teacherweb.com/Blog/TX/PondSpringsElementary/myers/1/default.aspx)
- Discovery Education (http://www.discoveryeducation.com/)- WebQuests - - - - - Underground Railroad (http://schools.roundrockisd.org/EdTech/Lessons/Underground_Railroad/Default.htm)- - - - - Tesselations (http://schools.roundrockisd.org/EdTech/Lessons/Tessellations/Default.htm)- Google Docs (http://docs.google.com)- MovieMaker (Science vocabulary video)- Voki (http://www.voki.com/)
- Google Wonder Wheel (http://www.google.com)
- Google Timeline (http://www.google.com)
- Turning PowerPoint into images to add to videos- Google Earth (http://www.google.com/earth/index.html)
- Webcams (http://rrisdinsttech.edublogs.org/2010/03/08/robertson-4th-grade-students-bring-technology-to-writing-camp/)
- Flipcams (used in making science vocabulary video)- Diigo (http://www.diigo.com/)- Audacity- Dippity online timeline creator (http://www.7-dippity.com/index.html)
- and on and on and on